17478: O'Brien : question about asymptomatic malaria

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Martha O'Brien <mmcpeob@earthlink.net>
----------------------------------------


A week or so ago someone sent a post dealing with asymptomatic malaria.  I
am a
bit baffled, because if it is asymptomatic, how do you know that you have
it?
Are there any warning signs at all, or did the person in question just
happen
to seek medical treatment for something unrelated and discovered the
malaria in
the process?  Is it truly asymptomatic or are there symptoms other than
the
usual chills and fever?


--- Martha O'Brien